WebAIM

And also when we talk about public accommodation, there's always been a little controversy about whether or not websites constitute public accommodations.

But either way, there was a survey of the top 1 million website pages by WebAIM.

That's a company that does accessibility testing.

And they found that 95% of those top 1 million pages have access barriers.

... and the conversation around website and app accessibility.

It seems to me that the failure of awareness alone to move the needle with coders and developers, evidenced by the appalling statistics from the WebAIM report that 96% of websites and the other source Joe mentioned, that 70% of mobile apps are poor or failing to provide an accessible experience, mean that the message simply isn't reaching the people who create the interfaces we interact with.

If the solution is that each of us must now be responsible for dismantling our own accessibility barriers by vibe coding individual solutions, we are still left with the disadvantage of having to spend time, energy, and resources to break barriers that others are not troubled by.

This simply extends, if not reinforces, the gap between people with disabilities and the non-disabled public.

Um, uh, uh, you know, I'm certainly gonna get onto that.

Also, just a reminder, the WebAIM survey is ongoing as well until August 31st, so make sure you sign in, uh, or sign up for that as well.

I'm slightly, um, upset.

No, that's not the word.

Carry on.

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Uh, so listen, uh, links to the, uh, braille survey and the WebAIM survey will be on our show notes, so go check that out, uh, because it is well worth doing.

Or Google it.

Hope Turner at UX Collective makes a sharp case in, "You already know how to make it accessible.

Accessibility isn't a separate skill, but a translation of the core principles you already use." She points to WebAIM data showing that most errors are basic failures in contrast and labeling, not complex code issues.

This reframes WCAG criteria not as legal hurdles, but as the vocabulary for good design.

If you can guide the eye, you can pass the audit.